Diabetes Friendly Recipe

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Diabetes Friendly Recipe

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¾ cup mashed sweet Potato

½ cup finely grated or chopped steamed mix vegetables like carrot, spring onion, cauliflower, cabbage, crushed green peas etc

tsp ginger-chilli paste

¼ tsp garam masala

¼ tsp coriander powder

¼ tsp dry mango powder

tbsp finely chopped coriander

Salt

1 tsp oil

Samosa

Ingredients

Cover

1 cup emmer wheat flour/ khapali

wheat flour

2 pinches carom seeds/ajwain

1 tbsp hot oil

½ tsp salt

Stuffing

Mix all the ingredients for the cover together and keep mixing with the fingers.

The mixture should look like bread crumbs.

Knead firm but soft dough by adding little water at a time.

Cover and keep aside.

Heat 1 tsp oil in a pan.

Add cumin seeds and let them crackle.

Add ginger-chilli paste and sauté. Switch off the flame.

Add all masalas and mix.

Add mashed sweet potato and steamed vegetables, chopped coriander and salt.

Mix well. Let it cool down completely. The stuffing is ready.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Knead the dough again.

Divide into 6-8 equal portions and make balls using each portion.

Roll each ball into a puri.

Cut the puri into 2 equal parts to form 2 semi circles.

Apply some water on the straight side of the semi circle.

Join the edges of the straight side overlapping each other a bit.

Press them firmly to seal.

This will look like a cone. Stuff the filling in this cone and seal the cone.

Just make sure the samosa is sealed properly.

Make samosas using all other balls also.

Brush oil on all sides of the samosas.

Keep on the baking tray and bake for 30-40 minutes until the crust is crisp.

Serve with mint chutney and tamarind chutney.

Method

Stuffed Puri

Ingredients

1 cup emmer wheat flour

2 tsp oil

Salt to taste

Stuffing

1 cup boiled green peas

3 tsp ginger chilli paste

½ tsp cumin powder

¼ tsp lemon juice Salt

1 tsp besan

Oil

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Method

Make soft dough using wheat flour, oil, salt and water.

The dough should be soft but stiffer than roti dough.

Keep covered for 15 minutes.

Combine all stuffing ingredients except besan and grind coarsely without adding any water.

Now add besan and mix well.

Heat a pan on low flame.

Add the mixture and let it cook stirring continuously.

Switch off the gas once the mixture becomes dry.

Let it cool completely.

Divide the mixture into 5-6 equal portions and divide the dough also into 5-6 portions.

Roll each portion to make a small puri.

Put the stuffing in the middle of this puri.

Bring all the sides together and form a ball.

Flatten this ball and roll to make slightly bigger puri of medium thickness.

Heat a pan. And shallow fry these puris.

Serve hot with mint chutney.

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1/4 cup almond or cashew powder

1cup fresh grated coconut

Dates chopped finely 4 to 5 drops stevia

1/4 cup chopped Mixed Nuts (Cashew Nuts, Almonds)

1/4 teaspoon Cardamom Powder

Oil, for deep frying

GUJIYA/ KARANJI

Ingredients

Cover

1 cup Khapli atta (approx. 125 gms)

1½ tablespoons cold pressed peanut oil (Heated)

Pinch of salt

Chilled Water as needed (approx. 1/4 cup)

Stuffing

Method

Directions for cover

Step-1

Add khapli Atta,

Add salt

Add hot oil to the kneading bowl and mix well to make a crumbly mixture.

Step-2

Add Chilled water as needed and knead stiff dough (stiffer than paratha dough).

Cover it with a moist muslin cloth

keep aside for 15-20 minutes.

While the dough is resting, let’s make the stuffing.

Directions for stuffing

Mix all stuffing ingredients together and keep aside.

SHAKARKAND KI RABDI

Ingredients

150 ml Almond + Cashew Milk

2 Tbsp Sweet Potato (Boiled and mashed)

3-4 Stevia Drops

½ Cup Warm Water

½ Tsp Elaichi Powder

Few Saffron Strands

1 Tsp Mixed Nuts

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Method

Boil the milk well .

Add the mashed sweet potato into it.

Cook well till the milk thickens.

Now add the saffron strands to a cup of warm water .

Wait till they dissolve completely.

Add this to the milk mixture and stir well.

Stir in elachi powder

Cook for 3-4 mins.

In the end, add 3-4 stevia drops

Nuts on top and empty the entire rabdi in a bowl and let it cool.

Refrigerate for 1 hour.

Serve chilled.

HOLI SPECIAL: THANDAI

Ingredients

2.5 cups water

1Date in paste form

2tablespoon melon seeds

1/2 tablespoon aniseed

1/2 teaspoon rose water

1/4 cup dry rose petals

3 tablespoon almonds

1 tablespoon poppy seeds

1/2 tablespoon green cardamom

1 teaspoon peppercorns

100 gm fennel seeds

stevia if required

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Method

Step 1

Soak the poppy seeds, fennel seed, and

melon seeds in one cup water for 60 minutes.

To attain a creamy texture soak the almonds overnight, peel

Grind all these ingredients into to a fine paste with a few tsp of water and keep aside.

Step 2

Boil the 2.5 cups water in a pan and add the saffron strands and mix well.

Add the date paste and simmer till it mixes well.

Taste and add stevia if required.

Grind the rose petals and peppercorns to a fine powder

Add to the saffron-date water.

To make it healthier and soothing you can increase the quantity of fennel seeds.

Step 3

Add the date-saffron water to the almond and seed paste along with some cardamom powder.

Mix well and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes.

Turn off the flame and let cool to normal room temperature

Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.

Garnish it with some crushed rose petals, saffron strands and chopped almonds. Serve chilled.

Makes enough for 4 servings.

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1½ Cup Khapli Wheat Flour

Salt to taste

2 Tbsp Oil

PURAN POLI

Ingredients

1¼ Split Bengal Gram (Chana dal)

3/4 Cups Black date paste

Stevia drops as needed

Pinch of Saffron (Kesar)

¼ Tsp Green Cardamom Powder

Pinch of Nutmeg Powder

For the Dough

Wash and boil chana dal.

Drain and coarsely grind it.

In a pan add the dal, grated black date paste, saffron, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder and mix well.

Cook, stirring all the time till dry.

Add stevia drops as per the taste.

It should resemble a soft ball.

Remove and cool.

Divide the stuffing into sixteen to twenty equal portions and roll into balls.

Mix khapli wheat flour, oil and salt.

Add sufficient water to make a soft dough.

Cover with a damp cloth and keep aside for one hour.

Divide dough into sixteen to twenty equal portions and roll into balls.

Flatten each ball in your palm, stuff with one portion of puran (stuffing), cover and seal the edges.

Dust it with flour and roll out into 6 inches diameter thin roti.

Heat a tawa and cook puran poli until done on both sides and remove.

Serve hot with helping of virgin coconut oil and nut milk.

Method

IMPORTANT NOTE

Quantity allowed: 1 thin poli of 6" inch

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DAHI VADA

Ingredients

1 cup black lentil dal/ Urad Dal

¼ Tsp fenugreek seeds

Ginger chilli paste Rock Salt

Oil to fry

For the yogurt Beaten Vegan yogurt

Ginger chilli paste

Roasted cumin powder

Red chilli powder

Salt

Lemon juice

Mix all the ingredients together.

Wash the dal and fenugreek seeds.

Soak it together for 4 hours, then grind it with water.

Fry the dumplings/ vada using this batter.

In a pan take water, put fried dumplings/ vada in that water, let it absorb water from both sides.

Once they become soft remove from water squeeze out excess water by gently pressing them.

Arrange the dumplings/ vadas in a plate and pour the prepared vegan curd over it.

Garnish with green coriander, red chilly powder and cumin powder.

Method

If you are off medicines and sugars are stable, then you can eat 1 piece of any of these sweets, or 2 Tbsp rabdi or 100 ml thandai with lunch, for the day.

You can also eat 1 piece of the savoury samosa, puri or dahiwada on occasion of Festival

Do not exceed this quantity. Please check BSL after eating this.

This is allowed only on the day of HOLI, to celebrate the festival.

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